Constitution of the State of Coahuila and Texas (1827)

TITLE V.

SOLE SECTION.

Civic Militia of the State.

ART. 211. Corps of civic militia shall be established in all the
towns of the state, and the said corps shall compose the military force
of the state.

ART. 212. The formation of said corps, their organization,
discipline, and internal government, shall be regulated by congress in
conformity to the provision made on the subject by the general laws of
the republic.

ART. 213. Congress shall regulate the service of said militia, so
that while it is adapted to the purposes of its institution and to the
best interests of the state, it may be as little onerous as possible to
the citizens.

ART. 214. No Coahuil-Texano can decline lending said service
when required by law, and in the manner it provides.